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  • Food Allergy Reality Check – Distinguishing Between Fact and Fiction-Unraveling the Truth Behind the Hype

    Food Allergy Reality Check – Distinguishing Between Fact and Fiction-Unraveling the Truth Behind the Hype

    Thanks to YouTube, I present an excellent 9:20 on food allergy myths from 2 New York allergists. See the end of this post for their presentation–I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. In recent years, the conversation surrounding food allergies has significantly intensified. With constant news headlines, social media discussions, and shared…

  • The Carol Burnett show–4 things to avoid frustration with your hives

    I see enough patients with #hives that I sometimes get frustrated with our current treatment options and it doesn’t help when patients have the wrong idea or views about how hives behave. Vicki Lawrence to the rescue!  I applaud her commitment to the truth about “idiopathic hives” and encourage you to listen to her video below (then…

  • Here’s What Measles May Look Like.

       I never thought in medical school I would have to remember what Koplik’s spots look like but with the recent measles outbreak, here ya go!

  • How You Can Be an Expert

    I want to be an expert.  Always have and always will, but now it’s a little easier than 30 years ago.  In fact, all you need now to become an expert is a little fame, a published book or memoir, and Shazam!  you’re an authority on any subject you want to write on.  So where’s…

  • A Penny for your Thoughts!

    Nickel allergy can result in both cutaneous and systemic manifestations, and can range from mild to severe symptoms. A severe form of this allergy is the Systemic nickel allergy syndrome, clinically characterized by cutaneous manifestations (contact dermatitis, pompholyx, hand dermatitis dyshydrosis, urticaria) with a chronic course and systemic symptoms (headache, asthenia, itching, and gastrointestinal disorders related…

  • Wedding Ring allergy

    Think you can be allergic to your spouse? Just this week in the clinic, a middle-aged woman presents with a rash found only when she wears her wedding ring.  No other jewellery gives her problems except for the ring when worn > 2-3 days.  Although nickel allergy can cause this scenario, this woman probably has…

  • Good video on hives!

  • Are we harming ourselves?

    “I’m allergic to everything!”  Ah, you’re smiling.  Is this really possible to be allergic to multiple drugs?  Evidently this is true according to a recent study published in Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 108 (2012) 88–93. Multiple drug intolerance syndrome: prevalence, clinical characteristics, and management byEric Macy, MD and Ngoc J. Ho, PhD. So what is…

  • I have a skin rash!

    Scratching the Surface on Skin Allergies–Sooo many patients have skin allergy that results in a trip to the allergy office.  How do I know if it’s allergy or something else?  Do I need a dermatologist?  If you’re a physician, please feel free to use the patient information handout here.  If you’re a patient, I’ve included…